Hong Kong GDP shrinks 8.9% in worst decline on record
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong posted its biggest-ever quarterly economic contraction on Monday, as the coronavirus pandemic dealt a blow...
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India’s Reliance sells $750m stake in Jio Platforms to Silver Lake
NEW DELHI - U.S.-based private equity firm Silver Lake will invest 56.56 billion rupees ($746.6 million) in Jio Platforms, the...
Hanoi mobilizes Vingroup to make ventilators ahead of next virus wave
HANOI -- The Vietnamese government has ordered companies to manufacture ventilators in a move to bolster the country's defense against...
Coronavirus latest: Indonesia foreign tourist arrivals fall 64%
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Hin Leong scandal adds tarnish to fading Singapore brand
SINGAPORE -- To many Singapore observers, the most unsettling aspect of the collapse of Hin Leong Trading was not the...
Tencent dominates Myanmar’s booming music streaming scene
YANGON -- Major Chinese internet company Tencent Holdings is leading Myanmar's growth in music streaming services, plowing ahead while major...
Startup targets Japan’s intensive care capacity as coronavirus hits
TOKYO -- Japan's Covid-19 situation is speeding up the adoption of remote support systems by hospitals with understaffed intensive care units,...
Coronavirus: Medical mystery of recovered patients testing positive
Doctors and scientists are still grappling with the mystery of patients who continue testing positive for the COVID-19 virus weeks...
Coronavirus latest: New Zealand reports zero new cases
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Emerging market currencies mark biggest falls in 5 years
TOKYO -- Emerging market currencies are collapsing in a magnitude last seen in 2015 when China's renminbi devaluation panicked global...
